sole

  • 51sole — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin solea sandal, a flatfish Date: 13th century any of various flatfishes (family Soleidae) having a small mouth, small or rudimentary fins, and small eyes placed close together and… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 52Solé —  Cette page d’homonymie répertorie des personnes (réelles ou fictives) partageant un même patronyme. Solé est un nom de famille notamment porté par : Jean Solé, dit Solé (né en 1948), dessinateur français de bande dessinée Julien Solé,… …

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  • 53sole — I. Sole. sub. f. Certaine estenduë de champs, sur laquelle on seme successivement par années des bleds, puis de menus grains, & qu on laisse en jacheres la troisiéme année. On divise ordinairement une terre en trois soles. il y a à cette ferme là …

    Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • 54sole — English has three separate words sole, two of them closely related. Sole ‘underneath of the foot’ [14] comes via Old French sole from Vulgar Latin *sola, a descendant of Latin solea ‘sandal, sill’ (a possible relative of English sill). And this… …

    Word origins

  • 55sole — {{11}}sole (adj.) single, late 14c., from O.Fr. soul (fem. soule), from L. solus alone, of unknown origin, perhaps related to se oneself, from PIE reflexive root *swo (see SO (Cf. so)). {{12}}sole (n.1) bottom of the foot, early 14c., from …

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  • 56sole — [[t]so͟ʊl[/t]] soles 1) ADJ: ADJ n The sole thing or person of a particular type is the only one of that type. Their sole aim is to destabilize the Indian government. Syn: only 2) ADJ: ADJ n If you have sole charge or ownership of something, you… …

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  • 57sole — s. m. 1. (est.) luce □ calore del sole, raggio solare CFR. elio CONTR. ombra 2. (gener.) corpo celeste, astro, stella 3. (poet.) giorno …

    Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • 58sole — 1 adjective (only before noun) 1 the sole person, thing etc is the only one: the sole American in the room 2 a sole duty, right, responsibility etc is one that is not shared with anyone else: Derek has sole responsibility for sales in Eire. 2… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 59sole — 1. n. & v. n. 1 the under surface of the foot. 2 the part of a shoe, sock, etc., corresponding to this (esp. excluding the heel). 3 the lower surface or base of an implement, e.g. a plough, golf club head, etc. 4 the floor of a ship s cabin. v.tr …

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  • 60Sole — Recorded as Sole, Soul, Soul, Soles, and possibly others, this is an English and sometimes French surname. It has at least two distinct and possible origins. The first is residential deriving from the pre 7th century word sol , which oddly means… …

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